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He now wants go forward to search “for more answers” with parliament set for two days of debate on the conclusions of the probe .

It was set up to investigate the nation’s role in the war.

Tom Keys

Speaking at a press conference, Mr Keys said : “When I look at Iraq on the TV screens today, the 200 plus deaths that took place the other day, I can only conclude that unfortunately and sadly my son died in vain.

“Now we have had the endorsement of a thorough and robust inquiry, which has confirmed all the families fears, that these young men and women were deployed on the basis of a falsehood.

“And now we have had the backing of Sir John with our beliefs and it has now been documented, it has given us a launch pad to go forward to search for more answers .”

Before the findings were revealed the parents of Peter McFerran, 24, a senior aircraftman, from Connah’s Quay, who was killed in southern Iraq in 2007, wore “Justice for Peter” T-shirts as they entered the conference centre.

Mr McFerran’s mother, Ann, 64, said she was “apprehensive” and “didn’t know what to expect” .

Ann and Bob McFerran with son Peter who was killed in the Iraq war

She said it was her husband Bob’s 73rd birthday today and added: “The right outcome would be a good birthday present.”

Asked what that outcome would be, she replied: “Justice for Peter.”

In the report author Sir John Chilcot criticised Tony Blair - the Prime Minister in 2003 who presented the case for war and led the invasion - for committing to backing US counterpart George W Bush over Iraq.

It also criticised Government ministers’ justification for, planning and conduct of a military intervention which “went badly wrong, with consequences to this day”.

Ann and Bob McFerran parents of Peter McFerran who was killed in Iraq outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, after the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War was published today

Several military operations were described in the report as “hastily prepared” and led to equipment shortages for British personnel - an issue which several victims’ families have long campaigned over.

However, the report stopped short of making a judgement on the legality of the war.